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Baldini-Potermin, Maria [Contributor]; Bookey, Blaine [Contributor]; Cabot, J. Anna [Contributor]; Gauderman, Kimberly [Contributor]; Gauderman, Kimberly [Editor]; Hansen, Natalie [Contributor]; Hutchison, Elizabeth Quay [Contributor]; Torres, M. Gabriela [Contributor]

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Practicing Asylum : A Handbook for Expert Witnesses in Latin American Gender- and Sexuality-Based Asylum Cases
  • Contains: Frontmatter
    Contents
    Foreword
    Acknowledgments
    List of Abbreviations
    Introduction. Expert Witnessing: A Call to Scholars
    Part I. The Professional Is Political. Life Stories in Asylum Work
    1. Thomas Davies, "I can't not do it"
    2. Guatemalan Women's Asylum in the United States
    3. Putting Expertise to Work
    Part II. Enhancing Expertise: Legal, Conceptual, and Practical Guidance for Scholar-Experts
    4. Understanding the Legal Framework of Gender-Based Asylum
    5. The Fragility of Particular Social Groups
    6. Practicing Expert Witnessing
    Part III. Learning the System: Tools for Context and Support in Asylum Work
    7. History and Politics of Immigration, Refugee, and Asylum Laws and Policies in the United States
    8. Supporting Asylum Seekers in Detention
    9. Trauma and Support for Asylum Seekers, Legal Service Providers, and Expert Witnesses
    Appendix 1. Country Conditions Expert Affidavit/ Declaration
    Appendix 2. Elements to Consider in Expert Witness/ Legal Service Provider Agreements
    Contributors
    Index
  • Contributor: Baldini-Potermin, Maria [Contributor]; Bookey, Blaine [Contributor]; Cabot, J. Anna [Contributor]; Gauderman, Kimberly [Contributor]; Gauderman, Kimberly [Editor]; Hansen, Natalie [Contributor]; Hutchison, Elizabeth Quay [Contributor]; Torres, M. Gabriela [Contributor]
  • Published: Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, [2023]
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (210 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1525/9780520391369
  • ISBN: 9780520391369
  • Identifier:
  • Keywords: Asylum, Right of United States ; Evidence, Expert United States Handbooks, manuals, etc ; Refugees Legal status, laws, etc United States ; Refugees Latin America ; Sexual minorities Latin America ; Women refugees Latin America
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This multidisciplinary volume brings together experienced expert witnesses and immigration attorneys to highlight best practices and strategies for giving expert testimony in asylum cases. As the scale and severity of violence in Latin America has grown in the last decade, scholars and attorneys have collaborated to defend the rights of immigrant women, children, and LGBTQ+ persons who are threatened by gender-based, sexual, and gang violence in their home countries. Researchers in anthropology, history, political science, and sociology have regularly supported the work of immigration lawyers and contributed to public debates on immigration reform, but the academy contains untapped scholarly expertise that, guided by the resources provided in this handbook, can aid asylum seekers and refugees and promote the fair adjudication of asylum claims in US courts. As the recent refugee crisis of immigrant mothers and children and unaccompanied minors has made clear, there is an urgent need for academics to work with other professionals to build a legal framework and national network that can respond effectively to this human rights crisis
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivs (CC BY-NC-ND)